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The focus of web accessibility is often on web development – the things that happen in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript after a site has been designed visually. Optimal accessibility should start much earlier, as part of the visual design process. We have created an infographic that highlights a few important principles of accessible design.

Web accessibility evaluation tools are software programs or online services that help you determine if web content meets accessibility guidelines. This page provides a list of evaluation tools that you can filter to find ones that match your particular needs. To determine what kind of tool you need and how they are able to assist you, see Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools.

The Accessibility Toolkit is a collaboration between BCcampus and CAPER-BC. The goal of the Accessibility Toolkit is to provide the resources needed so that each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, teaching assistant, etc. has the opportunity to create a truly open and accessible textbook. An open textbook that is free and accessible for all students.

Helping to make accessibility accessible on the web and elsewhere

Symbolset makes icons meaningful, easy, and accessible.

This website was developed by the University of Cambridge, Engineering Design Centre (www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk) and sponsored by BT (www.bt.com).

The guidance and resources contained within reflect 12 years of inclusive design research, conducted by 3 successive i~design research consortia (www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/idesign3), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk). The website itself was further by the KT-EQUAL initiative (www.kt-equal.org.uk).

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Showcasing accessible user interfaces. 
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В РФ живет около 275 тысяч слепых и слабовидящих людей, 22% молодежь, некоторые из них также являются пользователями интернета, как и мы.
В этой статье я поделюсь с вами инструментами и необычным опытом, который можно получить при создании онлайн-кинотеатра для слабовидящих людей.

Команда британского сайта электронного правительства Gov.uk опубликовала 10 принципов веб-дизайна, которые помогают создавать по-настоящему качественные продукты и сервисы.

January 1976. Philadelphia Flyers v. CSKA Moscow. The Cold War. The soul of hockey at stake. Story by Dave Hollander, drawings by Stephen Halker.

This standard outlines the requirements and recommendations for making BBC websites accessible with respect to editorial content and user experience. Other technical aspects of accessibility are covered in the technical standards, e.g. Semantic Mark-up, CSS, Javascript, XHTML, etc. Other aspects of accessibility are covered in separate standards, e.g. subtitles, use of colour, flicker and movement, games, keyboard access, text equivalents, text links etc.

Polymer is a library that uses the latest web technologies to let you create custom HTML elements. Build anything from a button to a complete application as an encapsulated, reusable element that works across desktop and mobile.

Listed below are our design principles and examples of how we’ve used them so far. These build on, and add to, our original 7 digital principles.

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). To celebrate and to help promote accessibility, here are 10 simple accessibility tips that most anyone can implement today into their web site’s HTML and CSS to make it more accessible.

Most people today can hardly conceive of life without the internet. Some have argued that no other single invention has been more revolutionary since Gutenberg's printing press in the 1400s. Now, at the click of a mouse, the world can be "at your fingertips"—that is, if you can use a mouse... and see the screen... and hear the audio—in other words, if you don't have a disability of any kind.
This introduction should help you understand how people with disabilities use the web, the frustrations they feel when they cannot access the web, and what you can do to make your sites more accessible.

People come to GOV.UK with specific needs. Anything that gets between our users and meeting those needs should be stripped away. The design of GOV.UK reflects this, existing primarily as a way of providing the right content and services to our users. Find out here how we approach this challenge.

From April 2014, digital services from the government must meet the new Digital by Default Service Standard.